High-End PC £4,000 budget: Buying final parts this month!

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Building a new high-end PC after my recent one died in a fire.

Saved up a lot of money for a new one over the years anyway and want to go all out. After this, I won't be upgrading for a few years so want to get the best of the best now.
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Budget is (WAS lol) £3,000 - £3,500 but can make more changes if it is worth it. Although more money, doesn't mean better. I want RELIABILITY. this means good warranty and manufacturer's as my main focus, then SPEED my second focus.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Price: £765.00 (Already purchased)
Reason for Purchase: High-core count and I will like to stream. I heard it will be good for encoding and high-performance.
Open to change? - No. (bought)

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC LIQUID FREEZER II 360
Price: £99.99
Reason for Purchase: Recommended reviews from forum peeps.
Open to change? - No. (bought)

Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1g 1 g Thermal Paste
Price: £5.57
Reason for Purchase: Watched video reviews on Youtube with temperature comparison and this came no.1 besides liquid metal.
Open to change? - No. (bought)

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming
Price: £249.99
Reason for Purchase: Supports Ryzen 5000 series out of the box.
Open to Change? - No. (bought)

Memory: 32GB (2x16GB) G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3600MHz CL16
Price: £270.00
Reason for Purchase: I wanted CL14 but can't be bothered waiting. So got Samsung B-Die CL16.
Open to Change? - No. (bought)

Storage: OS - Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive + Games - Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive + Other - Samsung 860 Evo 2 TB 2.5" + Solid State Drive + 2x Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB
Price: £140.40 + £327.36 + £241.43 + £98.98
Reason for Purchase: I wanted the very best of the best for my OS. I know the new PCI-E Gen 4.0 are the fatest and Samsung are the best. I picked the 2TB for the Games as good value for a PCI-E Gen 4.0 SSD. Other for the classic 2 TB reliable Evo.
Open to Change? - No. (bought)

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB Founders Edition Video Card
Price: £1,415.98 (Already purchased)
Reason for Purchase: I wanted a 3080 but unfortunately couldn't get one on release. I wanted an Nvidia card as I MUST have G-Sync which is not an AMD feature. I didn't buy a 3090 as it's a waste of money for performance/price. - ***Lol nvm, bought a 3090...:p***
Open to Change? - No. (bought)

Case: Fractal Design Meshify S
Price: £139.00
Reason for Purchase: Main reason is that it can support a triple fan AIO cooler on the top and that it has good cable management and amazing airflow.
Open to Change? No. (bought)

PSU: Corsair HX Platinum 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Price: £161.00
Reason for Purchase: Bought cheap from Currys.
Open to Change? No. (bought)

Fans: Noctua A14 PWM
Price: £91.92
Reason for Purchase: Best airflow for domestic PC based on reviews.
Open to Change? No. (bought)

TOTAL PRICE: £4,005.62

High-quality, reliable and powerful parts is what i'm after. Aesthetics I don't really care about.

***EDIT*** - thanks for suggestions. List amended :)

***EDIT 2*** - My finished and built rig. See pics on Page 3. Managed to get a 3090 ;) - Yes this post was £3,000 budget but obviously amended to £4,000 now lol
 
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hlennie said:
Sabrent rocket m.2 2TB can be had for £160 each if u shop around very fast.

Artic freezer 2 360 AIO. HAS 36mm rad thicker than most has had good reviews and under £100
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The motherboard will only have 2x M.2 slots. So want to make the most of it. 2TB for £160 is good though but checked online and cheapest I can find is £249.00. (Not sure how to message people on this forum)

It would also be nice to have PCI-E 4.0 NVMe SSD.

Yeah someone else referred that AIO to me. I'll buy it, thanks! :)

Joxeon said:
Would second the artic freezer II aio.

Motherboard I'd get the x570 tomahawk as it has a slightly better Vrm and better features over the gigabyte.

Keep the 3070 and wait for the 3080ti as that's rumoured to have 20gb VRAM which will be better for future proofing.

A decent 850w gold psu would be enough and save on some cash, look for one with a 10 year warranty.

1 tb gen 4 sabrent rocket is the same price as a 500gb evo, would you notice a difference in speed? Probably not but you would notice the extra storage.
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Yep, will but the AF 2 AIO.

I just bought the Aorus Pro instead a few hours ago :/ Ah well, aesthetics didn't count for me, but it does look a lot better than the MSI one imo.

Hmm depends on the 3080 Ti price though. I wonder how much it will cost at RRP (if I can even get one) :rolleyes:

I don't want to get a Gold PSU. - My last one was Platinum Corsair one and was the one that caused the fire! - Because of this, i'm just going to avoid the Corsair PSU's altogether including that 1200W one. I definitely want a Platinum or Titanum PSU though at least 1000W.

The 500 GB Gen 4.0 PCI-E SSD will be for just the OS and other stuff rather than media. If I got the 1TB Sabrent one instead, I would end up using it for games and I want to keep them separate. It would also wear out the SSD faster due to constantly deleting and replacing games on the OS SSD which I want to avoid :/

Thanks for the input guys though, just what I was after.
 
denigor777 said:
Why is wifi needed? i know it's getting faster, but any serious PC doesn't rely on wifi.

This is what I am asking myself. I bought the Tomahawk 570 myself, but really have nonuse for the wifi /shrug/.

Dont worry about only two M2 ports though. You can stick an nvme stick on a riser connection (a few quid) direct on another pcie slot if needed too.
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Wi-Fi isn't really needed as I have an expensive long-range Asus adapter. However, I have now changed and gone with an Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming motherboard instead as the Aorus isn't compatible with the 5950X out of the box without bios updates.

Doug2507 said:
This. 2x2tb drives for OS/Games/any other stuff, save 400 quid. I've got a fairly heavy collection of games and I'd struggle to fill 2tb unless desparate to have my entire steam collection on the drive at once. You'll never in a month of sundays notice the difference bewteen a pcie 3 and pcie 4 drive for regular use / gaming.

EVGA psus are great (along with warranty) . You've got Corsair listed but later said you want to avoid Corsair?

What res will you be gaming at and would you not consider changing to a 6900 xt and freesync monitor?
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I had 2 TB on my last PC (combination of SSD + HDD) and ran out of space fast. I'm a big normie of AAA games (Cod, Assassins Creed etc.) So wanted more space and SSD only for my games. - I went with a Samsung NVMe 980 Pro 500GB SSD for the OS, a Corsair NVMe MP600 2TB SSD and a Samsung 860 Evo 2TB SSD for my games. + I also bought 2x Seagate 7200RPM 2TB HDD's as well for back-up whilst at it.

Yeah I just selected that PSU on the list as best value. I have bought everything now except the PSU and Memory due to shortages everywhere. Hopefully stuff will be in stock soon. - also the case, but intentionally buying that last.

No I want to stick with Nvidia. - I was going to get a 6900 XT however I play a lot of competitive fps games and input delay / lag matters loads to me and Freesync is slightly more slow than G-Sync unfortunately.

I'll be gaming at 1440p 240Hz with a Samsung G7 monitor. (Although probs won't reach max FPS until I get a 3080.)

Screenbeat said:
Seems like a sweet PC apart from the 3070!!!!!!
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Lol, I only paid £469 for the 3070 so I can always resell it (which I plan to do.) Once I get a 3080 at £750 or under.
 
Quartz said:
Take a look at air coolers. They're generally quieter, more reliable, and cheaper and don't have a pump that can fail. Unless you're going for extreme overclocking, in which case you probably want a custom loop.



This is complete overkill.



Surely some mistake?

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £248.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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I want an AIO cooler for overclocking but can't be bothered with a custom loop. I have now ordered the Artic 2 AIO as suggested by other users above.

Yes 1200W is overkill, but it's the same price as the 1000W...however ignore that. I will be going for a 1000W bequiet 11 probably.

No mistake with the memory. The high price will be for the 3600 MHz with a 14 CAS latency. - the Team Group Pack 8 is 16 CAS latency.
 
pc-guy said:
What do you do? AAA titles and esport titles. Do you game for career. How does anyone find that much time to game :)

look forward to see some pics
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Haha, I work in insurance and only have an average-ish salary. - however, it's all overtime. I get paid 1.5x for weekdays and 2.0x for weekends. I worked over 90+ hours in overtime last month to help fund this. (That's not including my normal 35 hours per week) so was just a hard graft.

Honestly, I actually rarely game as much as I used to. I probably only game around 4-8 hours a week.

I would love to get into streaming though but saturated industry and yeah I'll definitely take some pics. :)
 
LeMson said:
get cl16 ram for half the price and a d15 cooler, use money saved to get a 3080 or snag the amd equivalent at release
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Yeah thinking of just biting the bullet for the CL16 Ram however even the CL16's are all overpriced at the moment due to stock levels. - just going to wait a couple of weeks and see what pops up.

I definitely wanted an AIO cooler and bought one now for £99.

I have ordered a 3080 but I have been told they aren't going to be arriving until April. I'll cancel and buy a 3080 Ti if it's good value for money unlike the 3090.
 
gambiting said:
No I get that, and I also get that this is firmly into the "f it, I have the money might as well have the best stuff", I would strongly urge you to reconsider here though, because with this memory you are paying nearly double over a CL16 memory for literally a single digit percentage increase, if even that, and then only in extremely specific workloads. There's plenty of videos that show that nearly all benchmarks and definitely all games can't show any difference between CL18 and CL16, and you want to spend a small fortune for CL14?

At the end of the day - it's your money, and I totally get wanting to buy the best stuff available no matter the price. Trust me, I've been there before. But in this case maybe get normal CL18 or CL16 ram, and the rest of the money put towards getting a bigger SSD? You'll see an actually measurable improvement from going from 500GB 980 PRO to a 1TB 980 PRO, at least that's something that does actually show up in benchmarks and you do get a larger cache should you need one.
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I bit the bullet and went for some Samsung CL16 memory that was in stock in the end. G.Skill Trident Z Royal at 3600 MHz for £260.

Honestly I don't need more storage. The 500GB is just for my OS and is more than enough.

500GB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe SSD
2TB Corsair MP600 NVMe SSD
2TB Samsung 860 Evo SSD
500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD (my old drive)
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3x 6TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM HDD

That's 5TB in SSD speeds and 6TB in HDD, which is more than enough for me.

Only upgrade I need now is a 3080 but I refuse to pay scalper prices lol.
 
Desperado_under_the_eaves said:
I would genuinely reconsider this build. Yes it is great, but it is a lot of money for something that isn't going to give materially a better experience. I would aim for a 1.5k pc at a max (prob 1k) and then upgrade in a year or two with a new graphics card that will give a far bigger leap. If you only game 4-5 hours surely there are other hobbies to invest in?
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Already bought all the parts now.

I don't really have any other hobbies. I used to play in competitive TCG and collect rare cards but no longer play and all TCGs have been shut because of Covid.

I guess the stock market is a hobby which I have been doing since March and some of my profits from that has funded this PC purchase. I'll still be stock trading.
 
Sipha said:
Sounds like a fantastic build mate ! i'm sure it'll serve you well.

What monitor are you running by the way, if you haven't said already ?
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Brill, thanks :D

I currently have an Asus PG258Q which is 1080p at 240HZ, however when my 3080 arrives, i'll buy one of the Samsung G7 1440p 240Hz monitors :)

It needs to have 1440p, 240Hz at 1ms.
 
COYS said:
Did you get the Arctic AIO cooler?

If so remember the rad is 38mm thick, not including the fans, so if were intending to top mount it you must make sure you have clearance in the top of your chosen case.
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I certainly did!

Yeah hopefully there is enough clearance. I guess i'll find out the hard way :eek: Will be a pain to return
 
COYS said:
Done a bit of digging and the P500A has 65mm clearance so that is fine (same as my P600S build), although you still have to think when installing as the CPU power cable is tight.

Not sure about the Fractal.
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Thanks for the research!

Yeah completely torn between the two cases at the moment 50/50.

I have about 10 days or so to decide anyway really but nice to know the P500A is safe if I do get it.
 
pc-guy said:
Have you started building this yet?
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Nope not yet.

I am just waiting on my CPU to arrive (should be coming end of this week). I also ordered a desk so waiting for that to come. I am waiting until I move address before I build it, so it will be the last week of November when I do.

I'll be sure to post photos on here! :)
 
turbot1984 said:
Thats a great build. Whats verdict on case & cooler? May get them as my 240mm H100X struggles with i9 OC'd.
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I would go for the new Meshify 2. - I would have myself but it was out of stock by the time I wanted to order a case for me to build the next day so I got the Meshify S2 which is the older model.

The problems are that the front case wires are connected to the front panel and that the front panel is very hard to remove unless you try really hard and feels like it is going to snap. - This has been fixed though on the new Meshify 2.

Other than that, amazing case for airflow. I have 1x rear 140mm fan, a 360mm top radiator and 3x front 140mm fans. - There is even room for a bottom 140mm case fan too. Lots of room.

The Artic Freezer 2 is amazing. It's only around £100 which is quite a good deal for an AIO and it's actually the best one on the market for performance. Temps are great!
 
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